Romans 8:23 (WEB)
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
Catechism · 4
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:19-23.
In the Age of the Church
“For in this hope we were saved."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:22-24.
The Creator
“Conversely, the mystery of Christ casts conclusive light on the mystery of creation and reveals the end for which "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": from the beginning, God envisaged the glory of the new creation in Christ.” — Catechism footnote: Gen 1:1; cf. Rom 8:18-23.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“He, then, gives us the "pledge" or "first fruits" of our inheritance: the very life of the Holy Trinity, which is to love as "God (has) loved us."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 4: 12; cf. Rom 8:23; 2 Cor 1:21.
Fathers and councils · 21
Gregory of Nyssa
“…is joy among the angels over those who are rescued from sin, (because until now that creation groaneth and travaileth in pain at the vanity that affects us, judging our perdition to be their own loss,) when that manifestation of the sons of God takes place which they look for and expect, and when the sheep is…” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. viii. 19–23.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And while we were thus speaking, and straining after her, we slightly touched her with the whole effort of our heart; and we sighed, and there left bound “the first-fruits of the Spirit;” and returned to the noise of our own mouth, where the word uttered has both beginning and end.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“…having now the first-fruits of the Spirit laid up with Him, yet still groaning within himself, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of his body; to Him he sighs, for he is a member of the Bride; for Him is he jealous, for he is the friend of the Bridegroom; for Him is he jealous, not for himself;…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“For having but “the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“Therefore regarding the inward lips having been saved in hope, brought back from the bottomless places of the earth in faith and love, still however waiting for the redemption of our body, we say what?” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“…awaiting the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body; for we are saved by hope; and if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23–25.
Read the whole comment““I shall please in the sight of the Lord, in the land of the living” (ver. 9).…We “labour” indeed now, because we are awaiting “the redemption of our body:” but, “when death shall have been swallowed up in victory, and this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal immortality;” then there will be…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“While “we await the redemption of our body, we are saved by hope, and hoping for that we see not, we await with patience.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23–25.
Read the whole comment“Since it is of the body’s redemption which is to be in the end, that the Apostle speaks, where he says, “Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting the adoption of sons, the redemption of our body.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23–25
Read the whole comment“Which we believing most firmly, gaze upon it as from the solidity of a rock: whence we wait with certain hope for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body; because we hope for that in the members of Christ, that is, in ourselves, which by a sound faith we acknowledge to be perfect in Him as in our Head.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23
Read the whole comment“…in part and in an enigma, wishing to depart and be with Christ, and groaning within himself, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of his body, yet was able to preach the Lord Jesus Christ significantly, in one way by his tongue, in another by epistle, in another by the sacrament of His body and blood…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23
Read the whole comment“The Apostle Paul, again, says, “The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant;” and mentions that we have received the Spirit of adoption, “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 15–23 and Gal. iv. 1–6.
Read the whole comment“And in another place: “We groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“They fear eternal punishment, they desire eternal life; they grieve because they themselves groan within themselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of their body; they rejoice in hope, because there “shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“Do not they even who have the first-fruits of the Spirit groan within themselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of their body?” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
Read the whole comment“…can doubt that the day must come to an end, and at its close the reward be received; not only the redemption of our body, whereof the Apostle Paul speaketh, but also the salvation of our souls, as we are told by the Apostle Peter?” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23.
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Origen
“And again in another passage, “And not only we, but the creation itself groaneth together, and is in pain until now.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 22, cf. 23.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Eran.—What then do you say to be proper to the soul?” — editor's note: All through the argument there seems to be some confusion between the two senses of ψυχή as denoting the immortal and the animal part of man, and so between…
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John Chrysostom
“This, for instance, Paul himself was longing after every day: wherefore he also said, that “even we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan, waiting for an adoption, the redemption of our body.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 23. [The citation is slightly abridged, but the latter part agrees exactly with the Greek text followed in the R.V., which renders: “waiting for our…
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Tertullian
Chapter XIV.—The Divine Power Shown in Christ’s Incarnation. Meaning of St. Paul’s Phrase. Likeness of Sinful Flesh. No Docetism in It. Resurrection of Our Real Bodies. A Wide Chasm Made in the Epistle by Marcion’s…
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Catena Aurea on John
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
“(Rom. 8:23) He therefore gave us the power to become the sons of God, i. e. the power of obtaining this grace at some future time.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in Catechism §735.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Catechism §735.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in Catechism §280.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 7.
Cited together in Catechism §735.